Vintage Magazine Article: The Skive at Night

Check out this vintage magazine article from the 'Deep Sea Skiving' era.

As you can sea (heh), the Bananas were quite keen on having enormous hair in the early eighties.  

One can only imagine the huge amounts of hair products used during this period.  

US Weekly: Best Girl Groups of All Time

Of course, it goes without saying that Bananarama are one of the greatest girl groups ever!  US Weekly magazine recently included them in their list of the Best Girl Groups Of All Time!

 

 

Source: http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/best-girl-groups-of-all-time-2012317/24103

Look In: Postcard of Keren

Smash Hits snippet!

I love the use of the word 'cavorting', which isn't used enough in journalism in my opinion. 

This gem was from 1982. 

I've also just a read a brief little Bananarama piece (no pictures or quotes) from another edition.  It was competition results and the winners won signed inflatable Banana's of all things!  Can you imagine that happening these days?  I don't think anyone would enter it. A signed iPad and perhaps a gold plated Banana would be the modern equivalent, I guess.  Aww.... I miss Smash Hits!

Retro Magazine: Venus!

"They were the only clean things left in our wardrobes" said the Bananarama ladies.

Retro Magazine: Love, Truth & Honesty

"Just take the goddam picture!" said Keren to a bemused (and scared) photographer.

Retro Magazine: Movin On

"Can I be Siobhan or Jacquie?" said the overly familiar male model.

True Confessions, 30 Years Deluxe for iTunes, Olympics.....News, News, News!

Mag-tastic!

Amazing news! If you're following the lovely @Bananarama2012 on twitter, you will know that a special anniversary edition of the True Confessions fan mag has been created.  Only 100 copies printed and they have now sold out!

I know that a huge amount of work has gone into its creation and so on a personal level, I'd like to thank Peter for doing this.  I read nothing but praise for the old fan club and therefore a new edition of the fan mag is an absolute treat in this important anniversary year.  Thank you!

Hey Young London!

I don't know about you, but I'm mostly bored by the idea of watching sport.  Football, for example, is just grown men running after a ball.  Toddlers do the same thing but they don't earn vast amounts of money for doing so.  However, I have been most suprised at my shocking and sudden enjoyment of all things Olympic-related.  I am now officially a fan of sport (or is it sports-men that I'm a fan of...?).  It was recently announced that Bananarama are providing the half-time entertainment at the Men's Beach VolleyBall Final.  Fabulous!  (That's tonight if you are lucky to catch it!)

More news....thankfully some record company person has made the sensible decision to release an iTunes Deluxe version of '30 Years of Bananarama' which includes some of the videos.  Now you can watch all those videos on your iphone! 

Banana's in Coats (Poster)

I heard a rumour...

...that Bananarama may be in the next edition of Gay Times magazine....

Cruel Summer '89 poster

God, You Can't Print That One!

Can you spot the Bananas?

Well, of course you can.  Cool, huh?

Smash Hits Poster

Gorgeous

These photo's from a magazine article are stunning.

Really Saying Something

Turkish Clips

Bananas At Pizza (Billboard Magazine clip) USA

Smash Hits (Australia)

Turkish Newspaper Clip